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MASSENA, N.Y. (WWTI) — Cleanup efforts will continue beginning in April at the Grasse River Superfund Site. The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that in-river work will resume; aiming to address sediment contaminated at the Grasse River Superfund Site, Alcoa Aggregation, in Massena, New York. Arconic to provide over $2 million to… Read More
Pavement that allows water to soak through to the ground below now covers 500 feet of a street in downtown Beaufort, part of a town effort to better manage stormwater. The town worked with the North Carolina Coastal Federation, which publishes Coastal Review, to include permeable paving as part of a capital improvement project recently… Read More
DURHAM, N.H.– As the Biden administration announces a plan to expand the development of offshore wind energy development (OWD) along the East Coast, research from the University of New Hampshire shows significant support from an unlikely group, coastal recreation visitors. From boat enthusiasts to anglers, researchers found surprisingly widespread support with close to 77% of… Read More
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is extending the alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke through April 12 due to continued shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. The schedule through April 12, weather permitting, is as follows: Ocracoke to Cedar Island:… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The $31.6 million Emerald Isle beach nourishment project continued over the long Easter weekend, and officials are urging beachgoers to stay away from equipment and off the new dunes. There are two dredges working on the project, the large hopper dredge Ellis Island and the smaller hopper Liberty Island, both owned and… Read More
BALD HEAD ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — A dredging project that has been happening since January on Bald Head Island is nearing completion. The Village of Bald Head Island says the Wilmington Harbor Inner Ocean Bar Project is expected to be finished on Friday, April 2. The project was to dredge the federal navigation channel reaches… Read More
MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette has applied for a Michigan Department of Natural Resources waterways grant to help fund the completion of the Presque Isle Marina project. The Marquette City Commission voted 6-0 to approve moving forward with the grant application at last Monday night’s meeting, ahead of the Thursday’s application deadline. Mayor Jenna… Read More
Without restoration efforts in coastal Louisiana, marshes in the state could lose half of their current ability to store carbon in the soil over a period of 50 years, according to a new paper published in American Geophysical Union Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. “This reduction in capacity could significantly alter the global carbon budget,… Read More
The City of Beardstown has given permission for the next phase of dredging to begin for the marina. The current phase of the project involves dredging under the railroad bridge to the navigation channel. The estimated cost of this phase is $200,000. Chair of the Beardstown Harbor Committee Kelly Cagle says a local employer helped… Read More
HONOLULU (KHON2) — There is something in the waters off Waikiki and it is not sitting well with some beachgoers. Always Investigating tries to find the source. Get Hawaii’s latest news sent to your inbox, click here to subscribe to News 2 You, a daily newsletter. A concerned beachgoer brought them to KHON’s attention: black,… Read More
Beach project manager: ‘It’s good for locals, it’s good for sea turtles, and it’s good for tourists’ COCOA BEACH, Fla. – Tens of millions of dollars is being spent to repeatedly rebuild Central Florida beaches as the effects of climate change chew away the sand. One project is currently underway in Cocoa Beach, where the… Read More
CORAL GABLES, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 2, 2021– A top 10 ranking in Conde Nast Traveler, AAA Four Diamond status and resilience through the pandemic have proven the Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort to be one of the best public/private redevelopment projects in the nation. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210402005248/en/ Best Practice… Read More
STUART — More sand is officially on its way to Bathtub Reef Beach, a local-favorite shoreline known for its swimming and snorkeling. Dredging operations to move about 220,000 cubic yards of sand to designated beach areas began this week, county officials announced Friday. Crews will work around the clock until the project is completed about April 30, ahead of the peak… Read More
OCEANSIDE — A new safety plan has been created for Oceanside’s annual spring harbor dredging and beach replenishment after a homeless woman sleeping on the beach was run over and killed last year. Every morning workers will look for people sleeping on the beach, and a heavy equipment corridor will be established with traffic delineators,… Read More
DredgeWire gave a brief summary last week of the amount the Biden plan would spend on ports: $17 Billion out of over $2 Trillion. Less than 1%. Here’s some useful commentary by an expert at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI.) An excerpt: “…And the balance of spending in this infrastructure proposal should be more heavily… Read More